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By ST Martin Posted on 16/05/2022

Where is Captain Jack?

“…maybe all artists…go thru periods of feast followed by famine…”

Categories: art, Bipolar Art, bipolar artist, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Depression, Creativity, death, disability, Emerging Artist, Fine art, Florida Artist, Gallery Art, insomnia, Joy, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed media, Mood Swings, outsider art, voyagesTags: art, artist, beauty, bipolar artist, codependency, desolation, dry spell, emptiness, freedom, isolation, Joy, love, Manic episodes, mental illness, Mood Swings, recovery, suffering

By ST Martin Posted on 17/04/202224/04/2022

Peeping Out

“Hold on for dear life my friend.”

Categories: acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Creativity and my Bipolar Brain, Fine art, Gallery Art, Impressionist, Mixed media, Oil, outsider art, Surrealism, whimsical artTags: Ability, Addiction, art, artist, Assault, beauty, bipolar artist, Bipolar Disorder, challenges, Clean and Sober, courage, Creativity, death, disability, Fine art, freedom, grief, Joy, learning, Loss, love, mental illness, Overcoming hardship, Overdose, PTSD, recovery, Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation, self esteem, Self medicate, self worth, Suicide, Survivor, Working

By ST Martin Posted on 17/11/202117/11/2021

How Do I Always Get Here…How Do I Leave?

“one project done, the next begun: all clarity-no haze…”

Categories: art, Bipolar Art, bipolar artist, Bipolar DisorderTags: art, artist, beauty, bipolar artist, chronic pain, Emotions, freedom, immobility, Joy, learning, life, love, Memory, mental health, mental illness, pain, painting, Psych Meds, Psychedelic Art, psychiatry, psychology, recovery, Therapy

By ST Martin Posted on 28/08/202103/09/2021

A Power Play Please

Do something! Say something! Move a muscle, change a thought! All seems to be running smoothly-till it’s not, and it’s not; right now. How? Every thing seemed peachy-‘seemed’ being the … Continue reading A Power Play Please

Categories: art, Bipolar Art, bipolar artist, Chronic Depression, Creativity and my Bipolar BrainTags: art, artist, bipolar artist, Chronic Depression, energy, exhaustion, freedom, Joy, love, mental illness, recovery, sadness, Work in Progress

By ST Martin Posted on 28/07/202119/10/2021

Calling Down thru the Centuries

“We chased the sidewinder, ran with roadrunners. Our feet bled walking empty highways…riding empty boxcars…”

Categories: art, Florida Artist, poemsTags: ancestors, art, artist, beauty, bipolar artist, Covid-19, current events, death, Domestic violence, Domestic violence awareness month, Family, forgiveness, freedom, future, genocide, grief, history, Hope, learning, life, literature, love, Memory, mental illness, Native American, oil pipeline, original art, original poetry, original prose, pandemic, Past mistakes, PTSD, recovery, trail of tears, tribal, violent sexual assault

By ST Martin Posted on 28/05/202128/05/2021

When Darkness Falls

“…work that could not have escaped…without the catalyst of discomfort…”

Categories: artTags: art, bipolar artist, Bipolar Disorder, mental illness

By ST Martin Posted on 20/05/202112/08/2021

“Honey, it’s that Rabbit Hole calling…”

…”let them know they are loved…and it’s OK to breath once in a while…”

Categories: artTags: Art therapy, bipolar artist, Bipolar Disorder, God, life saving, love, mental illness, PTSD, recovery, Suicide

By ST Martin Posted on 11/02/202124/02/2021

The Hurrier I Go…

THE BEHINDER I GET How true, how true that Pennsylvania Dutch saying is. I squander my art endeavors, rushing from this deadline to that, frazzled, befuddled and unsatisfied. That may … Continue reading The Hurrier I Go…

Categories: acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Depression, clean, Confidence!, Covid19, Creativity, death, dreams, Flashbacks, garden art, Garden art,, gift, grief, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Impressionist, Injustice, insomnia, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed media, Mood Swings, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, painting, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, repentance, self worth, Sex abuse, sexual assault, sobriety, Success, Surrealism, Therapy, whimsical artTags: art, Art therapy, artist, bipolar artist, Bipolar Disorder, Covid19, fantasy, loneliness, mental illness, Modern Art, outsider art, Psychedelic Art

By ST Martin Posted on 30/12/2020

GRINDING AWAY

‘Progress, not perfection.’ Who said that? I hate you, whoever you are. Because I…WANT…PERFECTION! The Earth keeps spinning on it’s Axis, and my mind keeps spinning like a mouse wheel. … Continue reading GRINDING AWAY

Categories: acrylic, art, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Creativity, disability, dreams, Employment, Hope, insomnia, learning, Making Money, Management, Mania, Marketing Stategy, mental illness, Mixed Media, Mixed media, Mood Swings, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, recycled art, Success, TherapyTags: Art therapy, artist, bipolar artist, Bipolar Disorder, mental illness, payday

By ST Martin Posted on 29/09/202030/09/2020

Starting Over, Over Again

“… can you see me going mad in here?…”

Categories: art, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Depression, clean, Creativity, digital art, disability, dreams, Excellence, faith, Flashbacks, garden art, gift, gratitude, grief, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Injustice, insomnia, Joy, love, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed Media, Murals, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, painting, poems, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Recovery, Healing, recycled art, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, sobriety, Success, Therapy, UncategorizedTags: Art therapy, Bipolar Disorder, cynicism, Fear, humor, irony, Joy, life as a bipolar person, love, madness, madness or genius?, mental illness, poetry, PTSD, rehabilitation

By ST Martin Posted on 23/09/202023/09/2020

IN the DOGHOUSE

…there is a niggling worry, about the big C…CO I mean…VID…

Categories: acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Assemblage, Best, Bipolar Art, career, Chronic Depression, concrete art, Confidence!, Covid19, Creativity, digital art, disability, dreams, Employment, Excellence, Flashbacks, Found Objects, garden art, gift, gratitude, Handicapped, Hope, horses, Impressionist, Investing in Art, Joy, Making Money, Mania, mental illness, Mixed Media, Murals, Oil, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, painting, Photography, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, recycled, recycled art, repurposed, Saving Money, shih-tzus, Success, Surrealism, Therapy, Uncategorized, Wildlife, yard artTags: art, Art therapy, artist, Available Art, avant-garde, bipolar artist, digital art, mental illness, Modern Art, new work, outsider art, Psychedelic Art, PTSD, Recent Works, recovery, recycled, Sold Art, work ethic, Work in Progress, working artist

By ST Martin Posted on 02/09/202002/09/2020

All Writey Now

…seems to be less like a monkey…more like a huge Brahma that has lain down, groaning and farting…

Categories: art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Confidence!, Creativity, death, disability, dreams, Employment, Excellence, faith, gratitude, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Job, learning, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed Media, Mood Swings, pain, painting, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Real Life, Serenity, sobriety, Therapy, voyagesTags: Anguish, art, Brahma bulls, Brahms lullaby, Doodles, Emotions, emptiness, mental illness, pain, PTSD, The void

By ST Martin Posted on 28/12/2019

Feeling at War with Myself

I have been languishing here, letting myself fall off the edge of sanity for a while. Is it physical?emotional?spiritual? No, not spiritual, for I feel close to my Creator. I … Continue reading Feeling at War with Myself

Categories: art, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, Denial, disability, Flashbacks, gratitude, grief, Handicapped, identity, insomnia, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, mothers, out of the gutter, pain, painting, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, Recovery, Healing, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, shih-tzus, sobriety, TherapyTags: art, beauty, Chronic Depression, codependency, Domestic violence, emptiness, faith, freedom, gratitude, Healing, learning, life, listening, love, mental illness, OCD, pain, promises, recovery, release, sadness, Sharing, Therapy, violence, waiting, Work in Progress

By ST Martin Posted on 13/11/2019

The Duality of My Artistic Self

Depicting my own image has been a starting point my work from the beginning. As a child my drawings were always of female faces, although I never consciously realized these … Continue reading The Duality of My Artistic Self

Categories: art, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Depression, Creativity, disability, Excellence, faith, Flashbacks, gift, God, gratitude, Handicapped, Hope, Injustice, insomnia, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mood Swings, pain, painting, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Real Life, Recovery, Healing, repurposed, Serenity, sobriety, Success, Therapy, treasuresTags: art, artist, beauty, bipolar artist, Bipolar Disorder, Clean and Sober, death, digital art, Domestic violence, faith, freedom, God, gratitude, Healing, Joy, learning, life, listening, love, mental illness, OCD, pain, painting, photo, recovery, sadness, Sharing, Success, Teaching, violence, Work in Progress

By ST Martin Posted on 02/03/201912/09/2019

A Saint Petersburg Artist Resident

It has been an enormously trying year and one half, year and 8 months , actually. I have grown SO much since I have lived here in St. Petersburg, I have … Continue reading A Saint Petersburg Artist Resident

Categories: acrylic, art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, faith, Flashbacks, gift, God, gratitude, grief, Hope, Injustice, Joy, love, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, moving day, moving on, Oil, out of the gutter, pain, painting, poems, promises, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, recycled, Serenity, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, Therapy, treasures, VigilTags: art, artist, beauty, codependency, Confidence!, death, digital art, disability, faith, Flashbacks, freedom, God, gratitude, grief, guilt, Happiness, Healing, Hope, Joy, learning, lies, life, longing, love, mental illness, mothers, moving on, pain, painting, promises, Purge, recovery, release, Relief, sadness, self esteem, sobriety, trauma, violence

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